The rise and fall of a dynasty

Albert Bore is one of city’s great civil servants, having ushered the ICC, NIA, Brindley Place, Mailbox and Bullring into being. His mind is deep, having studied and taught nuclear physics at our universities. His reach is long, having negotiated city deals across the UK and EU. But low long can he last?

A bombshell lands this week when Communities Secretary Greg Clark receives notice from John Crabtree OBE about whether Birmingham City Council has a future as an independent body.

As the jockeying to replace him begins, as our Labour dynasty assesses the pending implosion, and as Conservatives in the shires look over their fenceposts at the conflict in the council, how should we react?

Building a vision for our common future is a place to begin.